Good Charlotte
Nov. 4th, 2017 11:55 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
ifthiswasalovesongMy twenties were very much dominated by pop/punk - and mostly by Good Charlotte. I was completely head over heels in fandom, I met some amazing people. I wrote a lot of slash fanfiction. I went to a hell of a lot of gigs - entire tours when it came to Good Charlotte and Simple Plan. Hell, I even named my car Lotte and got her signed by all of Good Charlotte on the Good Morning Revival tour in 2007.
I fell out of love with the fandom after a spate of my fics being plagiarised, I was hurt and I just stopped writing. I also had some big life upheavals, relationship break-ups, and some health issues and I stopped going to the concerts, I stopped listening to the music. Bands that I used to know every little detail about... continued on without me. I know that sounds stupid but that's how it was. I stopped and they didn't. They got married, had kids, broke up, got back together, recorded new music and kept touring. I was oblivous.
I still wear my MADE knuckleduster pendant everyday, despite the loss of love of the band and the fandom. Today I just picked up my Good Charlotte Greatest Hits, pressed play and fell back in love with the music, with why I loved them in the first place. All the memories the songs triggered no longer hurt and it left me smiling.
They've made new music which I may have to check out. And it seems they're touring next month but, annoyingly, the local date is a night I already have plans for. Although right now I'm almost tempted to cancel those plans and go see those boys again, really feel the music the way I used to.
But then... what if this is just nostalgia for the way things used to be? What if the music they're making now isn't music I love anymore? Are they still playing pop/punk? Is that genre still a thing anymore?
I fell out of love with the fandom after a spate of my fics being plagiarised, I was hurt and I just stopped writing. I also had some big life upheavals, relationship break-ups, and some health issues and I stopped going to the concerts, I stopped listening to the music. Bands that I used to know every little detail about... continued on without me. I know that sounds stupid but that's how it was. I stopped and they didn't. They got married, had kids, broke up, got back together, recorded new music and kept touring. I was oblivous.
I still wear my MADE knuckleduster pendant everyday, despite the loss of love of the band and the fandom. Today I just picked up my Good Charlotte Greatest Hits, pressed play and fell back in love with the music, with why I loved them in the first place. All the memories the songs triggered no longer hurt and it left me smiling.
They've made new music which I may have to check out. And it seems they're touring next month but, annoyingly, the local date is a night I already have plans for. Although right now I'm almost tempted to cancel those plans and go see those boys again, really feel the music the way I used to.
But then... what if this is just nostalgia for the way things used to be? What if the music they're making now isn't music I love anymore? Are they still playing pop/punk? Is that genre still a thing anymore?
